10.10.2023

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts




This made headlines because two "bikers" in a larger group had "dragged a driver from his car in Upper Manhattan and beat him in front of his wife and baby daughter." It turned out that one of the two was an off duty undercover cop. Both men were ultimately convicted. 

  • Wise County Deputies shot and injured killed a man in the 100 block of Honeysuckle in Paradise last night after they responded to a domestic disturbance call. No names released yet. Edit: Update reports that the man was "identified as 37-year-old Edward Lander."


  • I think this is just the tip of the iceberg.  Israel's response has historically been one of, "If my neighbor burns my tool shed down, I'll level his house and everything and everyone inside."  And I haven't heard near enough about the impact of no water or electricity on over 2 million people with no place to go. 





  • All of this makes me very uncomfortable.   He was a mess in court, and the jury convicted him in under 20 minutes. 

  • Some Republicans in Austin went after the West Texas Oil Money PAC yesterday for hosting a Nazi. 

    • Example

    • More

    • By the way, this is the guy who is in charge of administrating the PAC and for meeting with Nick Fuentes.   Jonathan Strickland is, and has always been, a miserable human being. And he's the ultimate simpleton. 

  • The Voucher Scam fight officially began in Austin yesterday.  If you care about your kid's school, you should care about this.  

  • He a nutcase and his campaign kickoff where he forgot to bring his speech with him is golden. And funny. Video.
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  • I gave up on the NFL once I figured out that fans care more about the outcome than the players.

  • Extremely nerdy legal stuff which is appeal related. The Fifth Circuit is getting weird. Yesterday a dissenting judge, who didn't write a dissent, instead just attached a fake majority opinion that he felt should have been written. (Opinion here. Look at page 1, the one paragraph dissent on page 5, and then page 6.)

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10.09.2023

Random Monday Morning Thoughts




We learned that Sky Mirror was coming to Jerry World. 

  • Well, this certainly rocked the weekend. 


    • This is easily the worst attack in the history of Israel.  Hamas, a terrorist organization which has controlled the Gaza Strip for the last 15 years, fired as many as 2,500 rockets into Israel while simultaneously breaching the fence barrier and doing land attacks with militants killing and taking people hostage. Over 800 are dead with at least nine Americans being killed. 

    • If you are wondering how Hamas could pull that scale attack off without Israel not knowing anything about its planning, you aren't the only one. 
    • Gaza is 6 miles wide and 25 miles long and home to 2.3 million people.  The actions of Hamas will cause probably thousands of innocent Palestinians to die because Israel will unload on that land -- they've already started with over 560 dead. Israel, which has been controlling who comes in and out of Gaza, just shockingly ordered all water, electricity and fuel to the Gaza Strip to be shut down. 

    • The attack by Hamas was an act of terrorism, horrific, and unjustified, but you cannot say it was "unprovoked" by Israel. Its conduct over the years causes blood to be on its hands as well. There's a lot of gray over there. But I'm just a white dude from small town Texas, so what do I know. 
    • It was stunning to see the number of lies and misinformation about the attack  - especially on now unreliable Twitter. The biggest one was that Iran used the $5 billion recently paid by the U.S. to free hostages to fund the attack. Iran certainly helped, but that money wasn't used. It's sitting in a bank account in Qatar.  

  • It's news from last week, but you may not have seen This belated video of the plane crashing in Arlington. A chain link fence did in fact stop it.

  • Paxton Impeachment Fallout with Breaking News:
    • Oh, my. Ken Paxton's announced this morning that he will file criminal complaints against all House Managers in their home county for allegedly violating Texas new anti-doxing law because of the document dump last week.  This will get a little uncomfortable over in Jacksboro where House Manager David Spiller resides. 

    • More breaking news this morning: Spiller just got an opponent for his seat in Texas House District 68.

    • I don't know why he released this on Friday, but Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued the most scathing attack on the Texas House yet -- and in a very conversational style -- for the impeachment attempt. I'll say it again: Why did the representatives risk their jobs if they weren't sure the Senate would follow through with an impeachment conviction?

  • Anyone surprised by this? The man who is charge of the West Texas Oil Men PAC, which is behind school board infiltration of Christian Nationalists and School Vouchers, hosted a the nationa's leading wanna-be Nazi. (This is the name Nazi who attended a dinner at Mar-a-Lago with Trump and Kanye which Trump got in hot water for and had to distance from.)


  • Great moment in the Messenger's coverage of the Decatur Eagles away game on Friday occurred at halftime. He did get out. 


  • Forbes had its annual list of 400 Richest Americans list. These are the Texans on it which (1) doesn't include Mark Cuban and (2) reveals that "pipelines" might even be a better gig than warehouses.

  • You got to admit, that's a better bit than streaking. 

  • I told you not to trust the OU/Texas line.  As for the Cowboys, you should never trust any NFL game. 

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10.06.2023

It's Friday -- Let's Get Out of Here

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Random Friday Morning Thoughts




I made fun of the "donut-eating contest" back then because I thought that was a bad look. I'm pretty sure they've since abandoned it. 

  • The economy continues to boom. The expected number was 170,000.

  • How to Screw Up A Life Handed To You On A Silver Platter 101.

     
  • Gov. Abbott announced that school vouchers will be on the agenda for the Special Session that begins on Monday.  Make no mistake about it, this will: (1) funnel tax money away from your local public school, and (2) that tax money will only be used by those rich enough to already have their kids in private religious schools. Don't let them do it.

  • The MyPillow guy's company is now broke as evidenced by his lawyers in the Dominion lawsuit seeking to withdraw from the case because he hasn't paid them. Who would have thought being an unhinged conspiracy theorist who shows up after January 6th outside of the Oval Office with "martial law" written on a pad would be a bad business decision. 


     
  • He was officiating a wedding and wanted to fire off a celebratory gunshot.  But, once again, people are being criminally prosecuted for "accidents." 



  • Trump Updates:
    • Just as the goofy rumors started floating that he would be elected the new Speaker of the House, he shot it down last night. But it was interesting for awhile: 

    • I read, but couldn't believe, he actually said that illegal immigration was “poisoning the blood of our country." Video.  I'm surprised he didn't say it in the original German? It's literally right out of Mein Kampf.

    • Trump sued his ex-lawyer, Michael Cohen, for defamation. But last night he dismissed the case. Why? Trump was scheduled to give his deposition on Monday. There's no way he was going to subject himself to questioning by a lawyer who, through Cohen, had all the dirt on him. 

  • Wise County's most embarrassing congressional rep in history is embarrassing us again.  

    • Flashback:

  • This proposition will be on the ballot. Almost all props pass in these elections, but I'm not sure about this one. Anything perceived as helping a lawyer -- any lawyer -- is hated by the public. 

  • High school fun fact: A running back for Northwest ISD rushed 18 times for 128 yards and seven touchdowns(!)  last night all in the first half. 
  • Time which has passed since the Wise County Sheriff's Office, despite having a full male DNA profile, has failed to solve the murder of Lauren Whitener in her home at Lake Bridgeport: 4 years and 92 days.

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